Later, a burglar steals some jewels. But leaves a handprint on a sheet of paper !
So we can compare with the collected handprints, and match !
Yes, I know, this is not so visible... The name seems to be written on the sheet.
The burglar is identified !
The Finger Prints (1912)
The Finger Prints / Alice Guy
She made so many films. Released December 25, 1912.
...A young detective on the case examines carefully the murdered body and finds finger prints on the white vest of the dead banker...
Fantômas III « Le Mort qui tue » (1913) The Murderous Corpse
He has more than one trick up his sleeve, however, and that is an inked cuff.
One of the gamblers accidentally rubs his thumb against his rural neighbor's cuff, which has been carefully inked.
The impress of his thumb is then transferred to the cards that the gambler is handling.
Muntone palms the cards so accidentally marked, passes them through the window to his assistant on the outside,
who compares it with the thumb marks on the handle of the curling-iron that was dropped the night of the robbery.
They coincide; the link of evidence is complete.
And comparing. The same image, so it matches, sure...
You Can't Buy Luck (1937)
You Can't Buy Luck / Lew Landers
By matching partial fingerprints from the crime scene to those left by Paul at the police station, Paul is implicated in the murder and confesses.
Revealing a (stolen) fingerprint on a photo
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938) Le Mystérieux Docteur Clitterhouse
I Love You Again (1940) Monsieur Wilson perd la tête
I Love You Again / W. S. Van Dyke
This stupid guy touches the safe, just before the fingerprint expert tries to work...
(not identification, but well, funny and stupid, don't touch anything on a crime scene)
Meet Boston Blackie (1941)
Meet Boston Blackie / Robert Florey
Dusting for fingerprint on a playing card
And compare.
Viimeinen vieras (1941)
Viimeinen vieras / Arvi Tuomen, Ville Salmisen
fingeprint examination
Escape from Crime (1942)
Escape from Crime / D. Ross Lederman
TBC (Murray Alper is Fingerprint Man's Assistant)
The Lodger (1944) Jack l'Éventreur
The Lodger / John Brahm
Dusting for fingerprint on a glass
And compare...
a first fingerprint...
and a second, to check. Fingerprints don't match.
Later, a box...
with a fingerprint. Difficult to see. (BTW, this is a magnificent and realistic investigation.)
Jungle Woman (1944) L'Atavisme qui tue
Jungle Woman / Reginald Le Borg
Collecting some evidence, a parfume bottle
and some more material
First fingerprint, normal size
The second is small ! But is the same. Normal, fingerprints grows and remains the same.
(BTW this is the same image, but not at the same scale. This never happens.)
Dark Alibi (1946)
Dark Alibi It's all about a man convict because of a fingerprint.
Charlie Chan requested some fingerprint files.
Charlie Chan wants the fingerprints of everyone here. An expert is here.
A fingerprint expert will try to create a fingerprint record from fake fingerprints.
Glove with fake fingerprints.
Printing
Dusting
Removing excess
Examining
Matching ! Any expert will say that this fingerprint is a real one.
The story hinges on the identical fingerprints of the murderer and the accused.
Serge, a member of a trio of criminals, is arrested and convicted.
His friend Michel, now Hélène's lover, copies Serge's fingerprints and commits another robbery, leaving Serge's fingerprints behind.
Since Serge is in prison, the police are forced to admit that another thief shares his fingerprints.
But Michel's robbery goes wrong, and he kills the pharmacist he was robbing.
During the night, Serge escapes, and he is subsequently accused of a crime he didn't commit.